Explore America's last frontier with a cabal of experienced guides to witness the Inupiat taking of a bowhead whale, follow the seasons of commercial fisherfolk, sail the Inside Passage, and flight-see with bush pilots around Denali. The Land of the Midnight Sun has its share of surprises as well, including an entire town that lives in a single World War II vintage highrise, a hairy man who roams the bush, and backcountry gourmands who communicate with edible plants. Contributors include Tim Cahill, Jon Krakauer, Pam Houston, Joe McGinnis, Ian Frazier, David Roberts and others. Views: 41
Brenna Strachan is getting ready to turn 30. For a demon, this is the time of maturing. She'll gain all her demon powers and have eternity to learn to use them. But maturing has a drawback, for the next month, she's mortal.Prophesy says she'll become one of the most powerful beings on Earth. There's a long list of beings who fear and loathe the power that Brenna might gain and are willing to take advantage of her status as a mortal.However, when one of her own family members is involved in plotting her death, it's becomes about more than just survival. Views: 41
Upon his return from World War II, Seaman Yazzie Goldman realizes that not much has changed at his family's trading post in Monument Valley—and yet everything is different. His grandfather, Moses Goldman, has suffered a debilitating stroke, and while Yazzie's mother Nizhoni is doing her best, the post is slowly falling apart. Nizhoni is thrilled that Yazzie has returned to help bring the trading post back to prosperity. Excitement comes from the nearby filming of a John Ford movie starring Henry Fonda. Director Ford enlists the tall, strong, half-Navajo and half-Jewish Yazzie to serve as a translator, and as a bodyguard for the beautiful actress Linda Darnell. Someone is sending Linda threatening letters, and as Yazzie investigates, he finds himself falling for her. Yazzie isn't the only one to have recently returned home. A man who calls himself Zopilote, the Buzzard, has spent the last twenty-five years in jail steeping himself in the ancient Navajo chant... Views: 41
Miss Prudence Drake, innocent Scots governess, is shocked to find a handsome Englishman washed up on the beach. The silver-tongued rogue claims to have lost his memory, but he's not lost his charm. Fleeing with him to England to escape her pupil's dangerous guardian, she soon risks his kiss and then her heart. But is this dark-haired stranger a careless rake, a French spy, or someone quite different? Regency Romance by Julia Ross writing as Jean R. Ewing; originally published by Zebra Views: 41
Susan Thomas thought she had it all—a home, a husband she loved, and children in her future—until everything came crashing down one rainy afternoon, exposing her perfect world as a lie. Views: 41
As one prominent Jewish family, the Gunzburgs fight for their principles, the rest of Russia adheres to the malicious and unfaltering laws of the Tsar. Torn between what is expected of them and what their hearts truly want, the Gunzburgs begin to forge a new path—in search of their own identity and place in a world full of forbidden love, shattering betrayals, and war. Can they find where they truly belong and where their passion lies while the dynasty crumbles around them? Inspired by the diaries of Monique Raphel High's grandmother, this epic saga will take readers on a journey through Russian history through one woman's eyes. Views: 41
Jerry and his wife needed a babysitter while they attend the company dinner. His hot neighbor Amber seemed happy to help. When they came home and caught her watching porn in their bed, Jerry’s wife didn’t explode; she told the young woman to keep going. Amber shocked them both when she begged Jerry to make her pregnant. That changed everything. Views: 41
Emily has a tendency to live with one foot out the door. For her, the best thing about a family crisis is the excuse to cut and run. When her mother dramatically announces they've found a lump, Emily gladly takes a rain check on life to be by her mother's side, leaving behind her career, her boyfriend, and those pesky, unanswerable questions about who she is and what she's doing with her life. But back in her childhood bedroom, Emily realizes that she hasn't run fast or far enough. One evening, while her mother calls everyone in her Rolodex to brief them on her medical crisis and schedule a farewell martini, Emily opens the door, quite literally, to find her past staring her in the face.From the brainy, breezy writer who "writes like a professional comic" (The Onion) and is "hard to stop reading once you start" (USA Today) comes a laugh-out-loud tale that confirms you can recover from your parents, the bad habit of missed opportunities, and men who romance... Views: 41
Having narrowly escaped an unjust death sentence, Scout Donovan is on the run. But the more she discovers about the Alpha Pack and herself, the more she realizes she can’t run forever. Destiny is propelling her towards an unavoidable battle. Can Scout survive, or will she finally succumb to fate? Views: 41
Nobody gets close enough to earn her trust. Larceny makes sure of that. Yet deep down, she's afraid of the voices that bring with them a wild consuming rage, a killing rage that drove her to the streets in the first place. She's afraid of being betrayed by the only person she's been able to trust—herself.Larceny Leyton is a wild child—-tough, smart, willful, and proud. Like so many others, she wears her attitude like armor. "Trust" isn't a word in Larceny's dictionary. It means opening up and taking the risk that you'll be hurt. Truth *and* dare. Nobody gets close enough to earn her trust. Larceny makes sure of that. Yet deep down, she's afraid of the voices that bring with them a wild consuming rage, a killing rage that drove her to the streets in the first place. She's afraid of being betrayed by the only person she's been able to trust—-herself. Author Biography: MARGARET CLARK has many books to her credit in her native Australia. *Care Factor Zero* was inspired by her work in an alcohol and drug center. Ms. Clark lives in Australia. Views: 41
A woman's search for her half-sister forces her into an alliance with a sexy PI—and into the path of a killer waiting for the right moment to strike—in Meryl Sawyer's captivating tale of romantic suspense South Beach isn't far from Coral Gables, but to Taylor Maxwell, it's a world away from the place where she was born and raised. Yet nothing, not even the tall, dark, and handsome man who just moved in across the courtyard, can distract her from her problems. Her terminally ill mother just dropped a bombshell: Taylor has an older sister who was given up for adoption thirty years ago, and Taylor's mother has hired a security firm to find her. Enter Taylor's sexy neighbor, PI Shane Donovan who just got a lead on the woman who could be Taylor's long-lost sibling. Taylor and Shane track her down in New Orleans, but with the family's multimillion-dollar cosmetics company at stake, the Maxwells want the woman in question to undergo a DNA... Views: 41
